Skild S1 hits 66% per-step success vs 9% baseline, but home robots still ~10 years away
ingliguori · x · 2026-10-14
State of AI reports Skild S1 achieving 66% cumulative success per step on unfamiliar tasks (with human recovery allowed), versus a 9% baseline. Meanwhile, MIT Technology Review puts useful, fully autonomous home robots about 10 years away. The accompanying chart stresses that benchmark progress is not home readiness — improving scores still leave a large gap to full autonomy in real homes.
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